Method and system for detecting target components by utilizing mobile terminal

ABSTRACT

A method and system for detecting a target component by using a mobile terminal, and a detection method for simultaneously screening multiple target objects. The method for detecting a target component by using a mobile terminal comprises: detecting a target component by using test strips ( 100 ) to obtain chromogenic test strips ( 100 ); arranging the test strips ( 100 ) around a same circle center at equal angles to obtain an arrangement ring of test strips ( 100 ), positioning identifiers being provided on an area outside the test strips ( 100 ) on the arrangement ring of the test strips ( 100 ); performing image acquisition on the arrangement ring of the test strips ( 100 ) by using a mobile terminal, and uploading an acquired image to a data processing center, correcting the acquired image according to the positioning identifiers; determining the positions of a personalized mark area and a result display area of each test strip ( 100 ) in the image; performing segmentation to obtain images of the personalized mark area and the result display area of each test strip ( 100 ); calculating a chromogenic result of the result display area, and obtaining a test result of the target component; and outputting the test result of the target component and displaying the test result on the mobile terminal.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present disclosure claims the priority of the Chinese patentapplication No. 2019111260081, titled “Method and System for DetectingTarget Components by Utilizing Mobile Terminal”, filed on Nov. 15, 2019to China National Intellectual Property Administration, the disclosuresof which are hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of immunologicaldetection, and more particularly relates to a method and system fordetecting target components by utilizing a mobile terminal, and adetection method for simultaneously screening multiple targets.

BACKGROUND ART

At present, targets are generally rapidly detected by animmunochromatographic method. The immunochromatographic method isconducted in the form of a test strip. Different kinds of the teststrips have different reading manners, so that use difficulty of thetest strips in non-professional groups is increased; and the requirementof detecting the targets in real time cannot be met.

In addition, even if the test strips are used by professional people,test lines on the test strips may have different color depths whileencountering targets of different concentrations. Interpretation ofqualitative or quantitative detection of the targets performed byobserving color-developing results of the test strips by naked eyes isoften affected by personal subjective factors of operators, therebycausing determination inaccuracy of detection results.

In the prior art, to eliminate influences of the personal subjectivefactors, most of the test strips are read by a designed test stripreader. The test strip reader has a light source of specific intensityat a specific position, and is provided with a camera at a specificposition. Moreover, generally in a cassette, after images are shot, acolor-developing area is relatively fixed; and the data is relativelyaccurately read. However, the test strip reader is inconvenient tocarry, high in price, and unsuitable for ordinary consumers to detectthe targets at any time.

Therefore, a method that has low requirements on professional degrees ofthe operators and can qualitatively or quantitatively detect the targetsunder conventional ambient light conditions anytime anywhere needs to beprovided in the art. Meanwhile, the detection results have higherreliability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A purpose of embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide amethod for detecting target components by utilizing a mobile terminal.The method can simultaneously detect multi-target components byutilizing the mobile terminal, is not influenced by factors such astypes of mobile terminals and inclination of shooting angles, and hascharacteristics that requirements on professional degrees of operatorsare low and the targets can be qualitatively or quantitatively detectedunder conventional ambient light conditions anytime anywhere.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for detectingtarget components by utilizing the mobile terminal. The method includesthe following steps:

detecting to-be-detected sample solutions by test strips to obtaincolor-developed test strips, wherein the test strips at least include apersonalized mark area and a result display area;arranging the test strips in an equal angle surrounding the same centerof a circle to obtain a test strip arrangement ring; and arranginglocation identifiers in a detection disc area outside the test strips onthe test strip arrangement ring;performing image acquisition on the test strip arrangement ring by themobile terminal; and uploading acquired images to a data processingcenter;identifying the location identifiers in the acquired images; correctingthe acquired images according to the location identifiers; determiningpositions of the personalized mark area and the result display area ineach of the test strips in the corrected images according to a presetpositional relationship between the location identifiers and the teststrips; and segmenting images according to the determined positions ofthe personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips to obtain the images of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips; calculatingcolor-developing results of the result display areas; comparing thecolor-developing results with standard color-developing results in apre-established standard database matched with identity information inthe personalized mark areas; and acquiring test results of the targetcomponents; andoutputting the test results of the target components; and displaying thetest results on the mobile terminal.

In the above implementation process, the personalized mark area isarranged on each of the test strips; and identity information used foridentifying the types of the test strips is set in the personalized markarea. The test strips are arranged in the equal angle surrounding thesame center of a circle. With respect to a combination of test strips ina non-circumferential array, images of different test strips may havesignificant differences during shooting because everything looks smallin the distance and big on the contrary. According to thecircumferential arrangement manner in the present disclosure, imagedistortion of the acquired test strips tends to be the same. Theacquired images of the test strips are corrected by the locationidentifiers, so that the image distortion caused by reasons such asjitter and angle inclination in the image acquisition process iseliminated. Based on the condition that the images of the test stripsalmost have no distortion, accurate positions of the personalized markarea and the result display area in the image of each of the test stripsare obtained according to the preset positional relationship, so that ahigher matching degree between the segmented result display area and anactual result display area is ensured in image processing procedures ofthe result display areas of the test strips; and more accurate detectionresults can be further obtained after the read value is compared with amatched standard numerical value. Thus it can be seen that, the methodin the present disclosure has low requirements on professional degreesof the operators and can qualitatively or quantitatively detect thetargets under the conventional ambient light conditions anytimeanywhere. Meanwhile, the detection results have higher accuracy.

In one possible implementation, the step of correcting the acquiredimages according to the location identifiers includes:

correcting shooting angles; and correcting the position deviation.

In the above implementation process, by correcting the acquired images,locations, sizes and arrangement directions of objects such as the teststrips and location identifiers in the acquired images may be the sameas or has a set proportional relation with locations, sizes andarrangement directions of actual objects, i.e., the images and theactual objects may be the same or be scaled up or reduced in an equalproportion. When test strips of the same specification and dimension areadopted, the corrected images of the test strips basically have the samedistortion; and the result display areas for image segmentation havebasically consistent areas. Therefore, identification accuracy of thecolor-developing results of the result display areas is increased,thereby ensuring reliability of the detection results.

In one possible implementation, the step of correcting the acquiredimages according to the location identifiers includes: identifyingpositions and/or shapes of the location identifiers; and correctingshooting angles of the acquired images and/or correcting the positiondeviation of the acquired images according to the positions and/orshapes of the location identifiers.

The location identifiers have features (such as shape, boundary,position, size and color) that can be obviously distinguished fromsurroundings. By identifying the features of the location identifiers,the location identifiers are matched with features of preset identifiersin the data processing center so as to correct the images. Thecorrection process is more accurate; and an algorithm is simpler.Compared with a method for directly identifying edges of the test strips(or the color-developing area), the method in the present disclosure isclearer in features (particularly the boundary) of the locationidentifiers, accurate in identification and accurate in correctionresult, thereby increasing the identification accuracy of thecolor-developing results and ensuring the reliability of the detectionresults.

In one possible implementation, the location identifiers have presetshapes and are arranged at preset positions.

The location identifiers have the preset shapes and the presetpositions; and during image identification, the shapes and positions ofthe location identifiers of the acquired images can be matched by thedata processing center according to the preset shapes and the presetpositions, thereby correcting the acquired images.

In one possible implementation, the shapes of the location identifiersare shapes that have obvious vertexes and straight sides.

In the identification process of the location identifiers, the obviousvertexes and straight sides are easily identified, so that theidentification is more accurate, and the accuracy of image correctioncan be increased.

In one possible implementation, the test strip arrangement ring isobtained by limiting the test strips on a detection disc; the locationidentifiers are tag blocks arranged on the detection disc, and/or thelocation identifiers are the edges of the detection disc.

The location identifiers are identifiers that can locate the test stripsin the data acquisition process; and these location identifiers may bespecific tag blocks, or may be certain structural features of thedetection disc containing the test strips (such as the edges of thedetection disc).

Optionally, the tag blocks are distinction tag blocks and contrast tagblocks. The distinction tag blocks and contrast tag blocks are used fortagging arrangement orders and positions of the test strips.

In one possible implementation, the step of segmenting the images of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips includes:

identifying the tag blocks in the acquired images; correcting theacquired images according to the tag blocks; determining positions ofthe personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips in the corrected images according to a preset positionalrelationship between the tag blocks and the test strips; and segmentingthe images according to the determined positions of the personalizedmark area and the result display area in each of the test strips toobtain segmented images of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips.

In another possible implementation, the step of segmenting the images ofthe personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips includes:

identifying edges of detection discs in the acquired images; correctingthe acquired images according to the edges of detection discs;determining positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips in the corrected imagesaccording to a preset positional relationship between the edges of thedetection discs and the test strips; and segmenting the images accordingto the determined positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips to obtain segmented images ofthe personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips.

In another possible implementation, the step of segmenting the images ofthe personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips includes:

identifying the tag blocks and the edges of the detection discs in theacquired images; correcting the acquired images according to the tagblocks and the edges of detection discs; determining positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips in the corrected images according to common information of thetag blocks and the edges of detection discs and a preset positionalrelationship between the common information and the test strips; andsegmenting the images according to the determined positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips to obtain segmented images of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips.

As mentioned above, the implementation of identifying the locationidentifiers in the acquired images, correcting the acquired imagesaccording to the location identifiers and segmenting the images of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips may be understood as follows: the acquired images may becorrected by the tag blocks only, may also be corrected by the edges ofthe detection discs only, and may further be corrected by both the tagblocks and the edges of the detection discs. In the implementation ofcorrecting the images by the tag blocks and the edges of the detectiondiscs, correction results of the tag blocks and detection results of theedges of the detection discs may be mutually corrected, therebyincreasing the accuracy of image correction, increasing theidentification precision and the accuracy of the color-developing areaand increasing the reading accuracy of the color-developing result ofthe color-developing area.

In one possible implementation, the result display area in each teststrip includes a T line and a C line. The color-developing result is aratio of an image chroma value of the T line to an image chroma value ofthe C line; or the color-developing result is an image chroma value ofthe T line; and the chroma value includes an RGB value, a gray value ora photometric value.

In one possible implementation, the step of calculating thecolor-developing result as the ratio of the image chroma value of the Tline to the image chroma value of the C line includes:

taking a ratio of the image chroma value of the T line relative to abackground color to the image chroma value of the C line relative to thebackground color as the color-developing result.

Optionally, a selection area of the background color is located nearbythe T line or the C line in the result display area; and

optionally, the selection area of the background color is locatedbetween the T line and the C line.

In one possible implementation, the step of detecting the targetcomponents by the test strips includes: respectively arranging the teststrips in a plurality of sample containing cavities for containing thetarget components, wherein the volumes of sample solution in theplurality of sample containing cavities are the same; and the teststrips arranged in the sample containing cavities have the same angle ofinclination and the same arrangement time.

In the above implementation process, the test strips conductchromatographic assay in the sample solutions of the same volumeaccording to the same angle. The chromatographic behavior is consistent;differences of the color-developing results brought by operating errorscan be decreased; and the reliability of the color-developing results isincreased.

In one possible implementation, the method for detecting the targetcomponents by utilizing the mobile terminal further includes a step ofcalibrating orders of the test strips in the test strip arrangement ringby the tag blocks.

Optionally, the test strips in the test strip arrangement ring aresorted in sequence clockwise or anticlockwise by taking one tag blockthat can be distinguished from the rest tag blocks as a starting pointof the order.

In one possible implementation, pixels of image acquisition equipment ofthe mobile terminal are at least 8 million.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a method forthe simultaneous determination of multiple targets, including:

containing to-be-detected liquid sample solutions in a plurality ofsample containing cavities;conducting the chromatographic assay on the samples in the samplecontaining cavities by test strips, wherein each of the test strips atleast includes a personalized mark area and a result display area;arranging the test strips on a detection disc provided with locationidentifiers after the chromatographic assay, wherein due to thedetection disc, the test strips can be arranged in the same circularring area in an equal angle surrounding the center of the detectiondisc;performing image acquisition on the detection disc and the test stripson the detection disc by utilizing the mobile terminal;uploading the acquired images to a data processing center for performingdata processing; identifying the location identifiers in the acquiredimages; correcting the acquired images according to the locationidentifiers; determining positions of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips according to a presetpositional relationship between the location identifiers and the teststrips; segmenting images according to the determined positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips to obtain segmented images of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips; and acquiring detectionresults of the targets; andreturning the detection results of the targets to the mobile terminal.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a method forthe simultaneous determination of multiple targets, including:

containing to-be-detected liquid sample solutions in a plurality ofsample containing cavities in the bottoms of which liquid droppingpipelines are formed;arranging test strips on a detection disc provided with locationidentifiers, wherein the test strips are arranged in one circular ringarea of the detection disc in an equal angle surrounding the center ofthe detection disc; and each of the test strips at least includes apersonalized mark area, a result display area and a liquid-absorbingarea;correspondingly arranging the liquid dropping pipelines of the pluralityof sample containing cavities above the liquid-absorbing area of each ofthe test strips, so as to conduct the chromatographic assay on liquidsamples in the sample containing cavities by the test strips;performing image acquisition on the detection disc and the test stripson the detection disc by utilizing the mobile terminal after thechromatography of the test strips is completed;uploading the acquired images to a data processing center for performingdata processing; identifying the location identifiers in the acquiredimages; correcting the acquired images according to the locationidentifiers; determining positions of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips according to a presetpositional relationship between the location identifiers and the teststrips; segmenting images according to the determined positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips to obtain segmented images of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips; and acquiring detectionresults of the targets; andreturning the detection results of the targets to the mobile terminal.

In a possible detection, the location identifiers arranged on the uppersurface of the detection disc are tag blocks, used for locating andtagging the test strips in the image acquisition and processingprocedures.

The tag blocks may achieve an effect of correcting the images.Meanwhile, when the images are detected by utilizing the edges of thedetection disc and the detection blocks, the accuracy of imagecorrection can be increased.

Optionally, the tag blocks include distinction tag blocks and contrasttag blocks; and the distinction tag blocks are used for beingdistinguished from the contrast tag blocks.

Optionally, the total number of the distinction tag blocks and contrasttag blocks is not less than three. The arrangement order of the teststrips can be tagged by the distinction tag blocks and contrast tagblocks. The shooting angles can be well corrected by more than three tagblocks.

Optionally, shapes of the tag blocks at least include vertexes andstraight sides.

The tag blocks including the vertexes and straight sides are easilyidentified and located, so that the images are accurately corrected.

Optionally, the tag blocks include one blue square color block and threegreen square color blocks, or the tag blocks include one green squarecolor block and three blue square color blocks.

Blue, green and yellow are stable colors; and when the identifier edgesare identified, the colors are not easily affected by the ambient light,and identification results are more accurate.

In one specific implementation, the upper surface of the detection discis a regular polygon.

The regular polygon is provided with specific vertexes and sides. Thus,the regular polygon is easily identified during image processing andmatched with a preset shape of the data processing center, i.e., theimage correction is more accurate.

Optionally, the upper surface of the detection disc is a neutral colorsurface.

Optionally, the upper surface of the detection disc is a diffusereflection surface.

The neutral color surface is slightly affected by an external lightsource, and the reflected light of the surface has little interferenceon the color of the color-developing area. When data is read, thecolor-developing result is accurately read. Light spots reflected by thelight source do not occur on the diffuse reflection surface, so as notto cause interference on image acquisition.

In one possible implementation, when the chromatographic assay isconducted on the samples in the sample containing cavities by the teststrips, the sample solutions in the plurality of sample containingcavities have the same quantity; and contact time of the test strips andthe liquid samples in the sample containing cavities is the same.

Under the same test condition, errors of the color-developing resultsbrought by operating errors can be decreased.

Optionally, when the test strips are inserted into the sample containingcavities, the inclination angle of the test strips inserted into thesample containing cavities is the same.

With respect to the operations of detecting the sample solutions byconducting chromatography on the test strips and arranging the teststrips in the circumferential manner, the insertion angles of the teststrips are variable factors of the operations; and the errors of resultdisplay brought by the operating errors can be decreased by the sameinsertion angle of the test strips.

Optionally, when the test strips are located at the bottoms of thesample containing cavities, the positions of the liquid droppingpipelines arranged above the-liquid-absorbing area of the test stripsare the same.

When the test strips are directly arranged in the circumferentialmanner, the chromatographic assay of the test strips is conducted byleaking the sample solutions in the sample containing cavities. Contactpositions of the sample solutions on the test strips are also variablefactors of the operations. The errors of result display brought by theoperating errors can also be decreased by the same contact position ofthe sample solutions.

In one possible implementation, after the test strips are arranged onthe detection disc, the upper surface of the test strips is flush withthe upper surface of the detection disc.

Optionally, the upper surface of the result display area is flush withthe upper surface of the detection disc.

The upper surface of the test strip (particularly the upper surface ofthe result display area of the test strip) is flush with the uppersurface of the detection disc, so that shadow caused by lightirradiation can be decreased; the accuracy of chroma identification forthe color-developing area during data processing is increased; and theaccuracy of the detection result is increased.

In one possible implementation, pixels of image acquisition equipment ofthe mobile terminal are at least 8 million.

The higher the pixel is, the higher the identification accuracy of thelocation identifiers is; the higher the accuracy of image correction is;the more accurate the segmentation of the color-developing area is; themore accurate the identification of the color-developing result is, andthe more reliable the detection result is.

In one possible implementation, test strip containing grooves that arerecessed downwards from the upper surface of the detection disc areformed in the detection disc, and are used for containing the teststrips.

The test strip containing grooves can achieve effect of limiting thetest strips, thereby avoiding slide of the test strips due to problemssuch as placement angles.

Optionally, isolation blocks used for separating the lower surfaces ofthe test strips from the bottoms of the test strip containing groovesare arranged at the bottoms of the test strip containing grooves.

The test strips can be separated from the bottoms of the test stripcontaining grooves by the isolation block, thereby preventing the samplesolutions on the test strips from contaminating the test stripcontaining grooves, decreasing the sample contamination during thecontinuous sample detection and increasing the accuracy of detectionresult.

Optionally, when the test strips are put into the test strip containinggrooves, the personalized mark area is close to the center of a circleof the detection disc, and the border of an area containing the teststrips in the test strip containing grooves is matched with the shape ofthe test strips.

When the border of the area containing the test strips in the test stripcontaining grooves is matched with the shape of the test strips, gapsbetween the test strips and the test strip containing grooves can bedecreased, and a condition that the gaps are identified as one part ofpersonalized marks in the personalized mark area by the data processingcenter so as to affect selection of the standard database is avoided.Meanwhile, interference of shadow of the gaps on identification of the Tlines and C lines in the result display area can also be avoided.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a system fordetecting target components by utilizing a mobile terminal, including:

a sample solution detection device, including test strips and adetection disc, wherein each of the test strips at least includes apersonalized mark area and a result display area; the detection disc isused for limiting the test strips to be arranged in an equal anglesurrounding the same center of a circle to obtain a test striparrangement ring; and location identifiers used for locating the teststrips in the test strip arrangement ring after image acquisition arearranged on the detection disc;an image acquisition device, arranged on the mobile terminal, andconfigured to perform image acquisition on the test strip arrangementring;a data processing device, configured to perform data processing on theacquired images, identify the location identifiers in the acquiredimages, correct the acquired images according to the locationidentifiers, determine positions of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips in the corrected imagesaccording to a preset positional relationship between the locationidentifiers and the test strips, segment images according to thedetermined positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips to obtain the images of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips, and obtain test results of the target components; anda test result receiving device, configured to receive the test resultsof the target components and arranged on the mobile terminal.

According to the system for detecting the target components by utilizingthe mobile terminal, the mounted devices are simple; the detectiondevice for sample solution is small in size and easy to carry; and theimage acquisition device, the data processing device and the test resultreceiving device may be mounted on the mobile terminal or cloud. Thus,operating difficulty is lowered; and then promotion of the detectionmethod of the target components is more convenient. In addition, thesystem for detecting the target components by utilizing the mobileterminal can realize multichannel detection and has reliable detectionresults.

In one possible implementation, the system is used for conducting themethod for detecting the target components by utilizing the mobileterminal provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, or thesystem is used for conducting the method for the simultaneousdetermination of the multiple targets provided by the embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

The system for detecting the target components by utilizing the mobileterminal may perform detection in different manners, preferably is usedfor conducting the method for detecting the target components byutilizing the mobile terminal provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, or conducting the method for the simultaneous determinationof the multiple targets provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

In one possible implementation manner, the data processing deviceincludes:

an image correction unit, configured to identify the locationidentifiers in the acquired images and correct the acquired imagesaccording to the location identifiers;an image segmentation unit, configured to segment images of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips; anda calculation unit, configured to calculate color-developing results ofthe result display areas, and compare the color-developing results withstandard color-developing results in a pre-established standard databasematched with identity information in the personalized mark areas toacquire the test results of the target components.

The acquired images can be corrected by various components of the dataprocessing device; and a problem that the identification result isinaccurate because the images acquired by the mobile terminal havetremendous differences can be solved. The needed areas (the personalizedmark areas and the result display areas) can be accurately segmented bya combined segmentation unit. Optionally, the color-developing resultsof the accurately segmented color-developing areas are read by acombined calculation unit.

Optionally, the data processing device is an implementation of a dataprocessing device in the system for detecting the target components byutilizing the mobile terminal provided by the present disclosure. Anoptional implementation of the data processing center that canoptionally perform data processing on the images shot by the mobileterminal to obtain reliable test results can be selected by thoseskilled in the art.

In one possible implementation manner, the data processing device isarranged on the mobile terminal; or the data processing device isarranged on a remote terminal in communication connection with themobile terminal.

Compared with the technologies known by the inventors, the presentdisclosure has beneficial effects as follows:

(1) The present disclosure provides the method for detecting the targetcomponents by utilizing the mobile terminal. By utilizing the manner ofarranging the test strips in the circumferential array, the needed teststrip areas are segmented by identifying the location identifiers duringimage recognition to obtain the chroma values. The obtained chromavalues are compared with the corresponding chroma values of the standarddatabase to obtain the test results. Such a manner omits a process ofdirectly identifying the color-developing area and decreases adisadvantage that an identification error in the width direction of thetest strips is greater due to inaccurate edge identification. Meanwhile,multichannel detection can be realized in the processing procedures, andreliable detection results can be output during detection of the teststrips in each channel.(2) The present disclosure provides the method for the simultaneousdetermination of the multiple targets. The method only needs operationsof conducting the chromatographic assay by the test strips, arrangingthe test strips, shooting the images by the mobile terminal anduploading the images to the system, and the test results can be obtainedin time. The method that is simple in process, low in operatingdifficulty and easy to popularize, can realize accurate measurement forthe target components in sample solutions, and can detect the teststrips in multiple channels by utilizing the mobile terminal.(3) The present disclosure further provides the system for detecting thetarget components by utilizing the mobile terminal. The targetcomponents can be detected by only using the detection device for samplesolutions and the mobile terminal and the data processing device (may becloud or mobile terminal) mounted with the image acquisition device andthe test result receiving device. The device is easy to carry and can beused at home, convenient for market promotion and reliable in testresult.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To clearly describe technical solutions of embodiments of the presentdisclosure, drawings needing to be used in the embodiments will bebriefly introduced below. It shall be understood that, the drawingsbelow merely illustrate some embodiments of the present disclosure.Therefore, the drawings shall not be considered as a limitation to thescope. Other related drawings may be obtained by those ordinary skilledin the art in accordance with these drawings without making creativelabor.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of detecting target components by utilizing amobile terminal provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a detection disc and teststrips arranged on the detection disc illustrated in one embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of simultaneously detecting multiple targetsprovided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of simultaneously detecting multiple targetsprovided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram of assembly of a plurality ofsample containing cavities illustrated in one embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an upward view of an assembly structure of a plurality ofsample containing cavities illustrated in one embodiment; and

FIG. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of a system for detectingtarget components by utilizing a mobile terminal illustrated accordingto one embodiment.

Labels of drawings: test strip 100, detection disc 200, distinction tagblock 300, contrast tag block 400, sample containing cavity 500, hollowcavity 510, bayonet 520, liquid dropping pipeline 530, clamping column540, sample solution detection device 710, image acquisition device 720,data processing device 730, image correction unit 731, imagesegmentation unit 732, calculation unit 733 and test result receivingdevice 740

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

For the purpose of making objects, technical solutions and advantages ofthe present disclosure more clear, clear and complete description willbe made to the technical solutions of the present disclosure inconjunction with drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure.Obviously, the described embodiments are merely a part of theembodiments of the present disclosure and not all the embodiments.Generally, components in the embodiments of the present disclosure thatare described and illustrated in the drawings herein may be arranged anddesigned in various different configurations.

Therefore, the detailed description of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure provided in the drawings below is not intended to limit theprotection scope of the present disclosure, but merely representspreferred embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on theembodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained bythose ordinary skilled in the art without making creative labor shallbelong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It shall be noted that, similar symbols and letters represent similarterms in the drawings below. Therefore, once a certain term is definedin one drawing, the term shall not be further defined and explained inthe followed drawings.

The present disclosure is realized by an immunological detectiontechnology, so immunological detection is conducted by test strips inthe method and system in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

A test strip in the embodiments of the present disclosure at leastincludes a sample pad used for dropping sample solutions. The sample padis superposed with a colloidal gold pad in a staggered manner. A lineMAX is set at the staggered part of the colloidal gold pad and thesample pad. A nitrocellulose membrane is overlapped at the other end ofthe colloidal gold pad. A water-absorbing material is overlapped at theother end of the nitrocellulose membrane. A T line (test line) and a Cline (control line) are arranged on the nitrocellulose membrane and areused for carrying out a chromogenic reaction on targets in the samplesolutions. In the test strip, the T line and C line will presentdifferent colors according to the content of the targets in the samplesolutions. The content of the targets in the sample solutions isobtained by reading a color ratio of the T line and C line of the teststrip. In the test strip, the sample pad and the colloidal gold pad maycover personalized marks to obtain a personalized mark area; and thewater-absorbing material may also cover the personalized marks to obtainthe personalized mark area, i.e., the area of the nitrocellulosemembrane is a result display area.

The test strip in the embodiments of the present disclosure at leastincludes a personalized mark area, a result display area and a capillaryarea. The capillary area is used for adsorbing a liquid sample into thetest strip and enabling the liquid sample to enter an area provided witha colloidal gold layer to carry out a chromogenic reaction; and thecolor-developed test result is shown in the result display area. Theresult display area of the test strip is generally provided with the Tline (test line) and the C line (control line). The detection result maybe obtained from the chromogenic reaction by virtue of a chromogenicreaction of the line T only; and the detection result may also beobtained by a combination of the color-developing results of the T lineT and C line. The personalized mark area is used for setting theidentity information, wherein the identity information includes but notlimited to types, brands, production batch numbers and other informationof the test strips. Meanwhile, the identifier information isidentifiable information, such as QR codes and bar codes. In theembodiments of the present disclosure, the personalized mark area may beset in any area except for the result display area, as long as theresult display area is not blocked.

A standard database shall be established for each type of test strips inadvance before the target components are detected. A mapping relation isestablished between the chromogenic reaction results and the content ofthe target components in the standard database.

A typical but nonrestrictive mapping relation between the chromogenicreaction results and the content of the target components is an externalstandard method, i.e., chromatographic assay of the test strips withspecific personalized marks is conducted by selecting existing samplesolutions containing target components of known concentrations. Then, acorresponding relationship between the color-developing results of thetest strips and the concentrations is detected by chromatography of themethod provided by the present disclosure. Specifically, the existingsample solutions containing target components of known concentrationsare detected by any operation of S101-S106, S301-S306 or S401-406,thereby obtaining the color-developing results matched with theconcentrations of the target components.

How to detect the target components is described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of detecting target components by utilizing themobile terminal provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.Referring to FIG. 1, a method for detecting the target components byutilizing the mobile terminal includes the following steps:

S101: Detecting the target components by test strips, obtainingcolor-developed test strips. In one implementation, the operation ofdetecting the target components by the test strips may include anoperation of detecting corresponding targets by utilizing differenttypes of test strips. For example, urine samples are detected by teststrips for urine; blood samples are detected by test strips for blood;the sample solutions may be the same, but multiple components in thesample solutions are screened, e.g., multiple pesticide residues, fungaltoxins and environmental pollutants in the same tea sample solution arescreened.

In another implementation, the operation of detecting the targetcomponents by the test strips may include an operation of detecting thesame target in different samples by utilizing the same type of teststrips. For example, tebuconazole (one kind of the pesticide residues)in different kinds of tea soup is detected.

Optionally, the types of the test strips in the present disclosure mayinclude but not limited to test strips for testing pesticide residuecomponents, various test strips used in the medical field and teststrips for testing environmental pollution components.

S102: Arranging the test strips in an equal angle surrounding the samecenter of a circle to obtain a test strip arrangement ring, whereinlocation identifiers are arranged in an area outside the test strips onthe test strip arrangement ring.

In one possible implementation, the test strip arrangement ring may beobtained by limiting the test strips on the detection disc. FIG. 2 is astructural schematic diagram of a detection disc and test stripsarranged on the detection disc illustrated in one embodiment. Referringto FIG. 2, test strips 100 are arranged in an equal angle surroundingthe center of a detection disc 200. As shown in FIG. 2, the detectiondisc 200 is a hexagonal detection disc; six test strips 100 are arrangedin the hexagonal detection disc; one end of each of the test strips 100is close to one angle of the detection disc 200; and each of the teststrips extends towards the center of the detection disc 200, so that theother end of each of the test strips is close to the center of thedetection disc. According to the length of the test strips 100 and thesize of the detection disc 200, the end of each of the test strips closeto the center of the detection disc is separated from the center of thedetection disc, and the ends of the various test strips close to thecenter of the detection disc are separated from one another. Optionally,the above hexagonal detection disc and the arrangement manner of thetest strips are illustrative only. The shape of the detection disc andthe arrangement manner of the test strips are not specifically limitedin the present disclosure. Other shapes of the detection disc and otherarrangement manners of test strips may also be used.

An implementation of limiting the test strips on the detection disc maybe as follows: test strip containing grooves used for containing thetest strips are formed in the detection disc. When the test strips arelimited in the test strip containing grooves, the upper surface of thetest strips is optionally flush with the upper surface of the detectiondisc.

Optionally, that the test strips are limited by the test stripcontaining grooves is illustrative only. The test strips may also belimited by other limiting structures. For example, the test strips arelimited by any one or a combination of at least two of cylindrical ormulti-prismatic limiting blocks, limiting baffles and limiting slots.The limiting structures are not specifically limited in the presentdisclosure. All structures through which the test strips can be arrangedinto the test strip arrangement ring on the detection disc in the equalangle shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In one possible implementation, the location identifiers may be tagblocks arranged on the detection disc 200. Referring to FIG. 2, the tagblocks may be distinction tag blocks 300 and contrast tag blocks 400arranged on the detection disc 200. The distinction tag blocks 300 areused for being distinguished from the contrast tag blocks 400. In onepossible implementation, shapes of the tag blocks may at least includevertexes and straight sides. Referring to FIG. 2, the shape of the tagblocks is square block. The upper surface of each of the tag blocks issquare. Optionally, the shapes of the upper surfaces of the tag blocksmay be other regular polygons or regular graphics with vertexes andstraight sides. The shapes of the upper surfaces of the tag blocks inthe present disclosure are not specifically limited, but preferably theregular graphics including the vertexes and straight sides, such aspolygons or regular polygons and pentagrams.

In a specific implementation of the tag blocks, the upper surfaces ofthe distinction tag blocks 300 and contrast tag blocks 400 may have thesame areas; and the distinction tag blocks 300 and contrast tag blocks400 may be arranged in a circumferential array surrounding the center ofthe detection disc 200 together and close to the outer edge of thedetection disc.

In a specific implementation of the tag blocks, the distinction tagblocks 300 and contrast tag blocks 400 are arranged on the outer edge ofthe detection disc, so that the tag blocks can be far away from thecentral position of the detection disc as much as possible. Thus,definition of the acquired image of each tag block is higher; and whenthe shot images are identified, the angles and positions of the imagescan be accurately corrected by the tag blocks.

In a specific implementation of the tag blocks, connecting lines ofgeometric centers of the distinction tag blocks 300 and contrast tagblocks 400 may be encircled into a square area; and the center of thesquare area coincides with the center of the detection disc. Such adesign solution can simplify the correction algorithm and increase theinformation capacity and processing rate of the data processing center.

In a specific implementation of the tag blocks, the upper surface of thedistinction tag blocks 300 is provided with a blue square, and the uppersurface of the contrast tag blocks 400 is provided with three greensquares; or the upper surface of the distinction tag blocks 300 isprovided with a green square, and the upper surface of the contrast tagblocks 400 is provided with three blue squares.

In the above implementation process, blue and green are colors withrelatively stable chroma, are slightly affected by brightness of theambient light, are high in precision during boundary identification, andfacilitate accurate correction of the acquired images.

Optionally, solutions of the shapes, colors and arrangement positions ofthe tag blocks shown in the above embodiments are illustrative only. Theshapes, colors and arrangement positions of the tag blocks are notspecifically limited in the present disclosure. All identificationfeatures through which to-be-detected images of test strips in theacquired images, particularly images of color-developing areas of thetest strips can be corrected shall fall within the protection scope ofthe present disclosure. In another possible implementation, the locationidentifiers may be edges of the detection disc 200. In the detectiondisc 200 shown as FIG. 2, the location identifiers are six sides of thehexagonal detection disc. In another possible implementation, thelocation identifiers may be a combination of the tag blocks and theedges of the detection disc 200.

Optionally, shapes of the edges of the detection disc 200 are notspecifically limited in the present disclosure. However, as a preferredimplementation, the edges of the detection disc 200 are the regulargraphics including the vertexes and straight sides.

S103: Performing image acquisition on the test strip arrangement ring bythe mobile terminal, and uploading acquired images to a data processingcenter.

The mobile terminal in the embodiments of the present disclosure mayinclude but not limited to a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet personalcomputer and a POS machine, even includes an on-board computer and thelike. All terminals equipped with image acquisition devices shall fallwithin the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In one possible implementation, pixels of image acquisition equipment ofthe mobile terminal are at least 8 million (such as 9 million, 10million, 12 million, 15 million, 16 million, 18 million, 20 million, 23million, 28 million, 35 million and 400 million).

The higher the pixels of the image acquisition equipment of the mobileterminal are, the higher the resolution of the acquired images is, thehigher the identification accuracy of the images is, and the moreaccurate the detection results acquired according to the images are.

S104: Identifying the location identifiers in the acquired images;correcting the acquired images according to the location identifiers;and segmenting images of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips.

In one possible implementation, the operation of correcting the acquiredimages according to the location identifiers after the locationidentifiers in the acquired images are identified includes determiningpositions of the personalized mark area and the result display area ineach of the test strips in the corrected images according to a presetpositional relationship between the location identifiers and the teststrips. Optionally, the preset positional relationship between thelocation identifiers and the test strips may be a preset positionalrelationship, or a given positional relationship limited between thetest strips and corresponding devices thereof. By taking the test stripslimited on the detection disc as an example, a relationship between thepositions for containing the test strips in the detection disc and thelocation identifiers on the detection disc is a fixed relationship.During image processing, the relationship between the locationidentifiers and the test strips is a given positional relationshipbetween the test strips in the detection disc and the locationidentifiers, which because a positional relationship between thepositions of the result display area and the personalized mark area inthe test strips is also a given positional relationship in the teststrips.

When the location identifiers are detection blocks on the detectiondisc, a method of correcting the acquired images includes determiningthe positions of the personalized mark area and the result display areain each of the test strips in the corrected images according to thepreset positional relationship between the tag blocks and the teststrips.

When the location identifiers are the edges of the detection disc, themethod of correcting the acquired images includes: determining thepositions of the personalized mark area and the result display area ineach of the test strips in the corrected images according to a presetpositional relationship between the edges of the detection disc and thetest strips.

When the location identifiers are the detection block on the detectiondisc and the edges of the detection disc, the method of correcting theacquired images includes: determining the positions of the edges of thedetection disc according to a preset positional relationship between thetag blocks and the edges of the detection disc; and determining thepositions of the personalized mark area and the result display area ineach of the test strips in the corrected images according to a presetpositional relationship between the edges of the detection disc and thetest strips.

The images are segmented after the positions of the personalized markarea and the result display area in each of the test strips aredetermined, so as to acquire the segmented images of the personalizedmark area and the result display area in each of the test strips.

Optionally, the operation of determining the positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area according to thepreset positional relationship is illustrative only. That the positionsof the personalized mark area and the result display area are determinedby an uncertain positional relationship is not specifically limited inthe present disclosure.

S105: Calculating color-developing results of the result display areas;and comparing the color-developing results with standardcolor-developing results in a pre-established standard database matchedwith identity information in the personalized mark area to acquire testresults of the target components.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the standard database isestablished for each type of the test strips in advance beforedetection. A mapping relation is formed between the color-developingresults and the content of the target components in the standarddatabase. In one possible implementation, the mapping relation betweenthe color-developing results and the content of the target components isgenerally displayed by a T/C contrast curve in the display result. Ifthe test strip is a line elimination type test strip, the mappingrelation between the color-developing results and the content of thetarget components is generally displayed by an image chroma value of theT line.

After the color-developing results are obtained, concentration values ofthe targets corresponding to the color-developing results are found inthe T/C contrast curve or a T-value alignment chart.

When a ratio result of the image chroma value of the T line and theimage chroma value of the C line serves as the color-developing result,the image chroma value of the T line and the image chroma value of the Cline shall be calculated. Optionally, the chroma value may include butnot limited to an RGB value, a gray value or a photometric value.

In one possible implementation, when the color-developing result iscalculated as the ratio of the image chroma value of the T line to theimage chroma value of the C line, may include:

Making a ratio of an image chroma value of the T line relative to abackground color to an image chroma value of the C line relative to thebackground color as the color-developing result. Optionally, a selectionarea of the background color may be located nearby the T line or the Cline in the result display area. Since the color-developing result ismainly the ratio of the chroma of the T line and the C line, if theselected background color is too far away from the T line and the Cline, inaccurate background noise is selected, thereby affecting readingaccuracy of the color-developing result. When the background color isselected nearby the T line and the C line in the result display area, onthe one hand, the result display area is made of the basically samematerial and has consistent light reflection behaviors; on the otherhand, a background denoising effect is better due to the shorterdistance.

Optionally, a selection area of the background color may be locatedbetween the T line and the C line. The T line and the C line share thesame background color for denoising, thus the colorimetric result ismore reliable.

In the above implementation process, that the image in a preset areabetween the T line and the C line serves as the background color has theadvantage as follows: the ratio of the image chroma value of the T lineto the image chroma value of the C line is more accurate. The reason isas follows: other interference colors may be subjected to chromatographyby the test strips during detection, or the test strips are affected bythe ambient light in the image shooting process. For the same teststrip, the result display areas have the consistent background colorduring chromatography or under the same shooting condition. Taking thechroma value of the image in the preset area between the T line and theC line of the test strip in the acquired image as the background coloris equivalent to filtering interference of the interference colors onthe image chroma values of the T line and the C line. Thus it can beseen that, the calculation method is not affected by other interferencecolors, so that calculation of the color-developing result is moreaccurate.

S106: Outputting the screening results of the target components, anddisplaying the results on the mobile terminal.

After the chromatographic assay is conducted on the samples by theimmunochromatographic test strips, a problem that the color-developingarea is non-uniform in color developing often occurs. Therefore,accurately acquiring the color-developing result of the color-developingarea becomes an important part of acquiring reliable detection results.However, in a manner of acquiring the color-developing result by virtueof the mobile terminal and the data processing, accurately segmentingthe image in the color-developing area is a necessary condition foracquiring the accurate color-developing result. Relative to acombination of test strips in a non-circumferential array, each of thetest strips arranged in the equal angle surrounding the same center of acircle may have the same distortion after the images are corrected;while in the combination of the test strips in the non-circumferentialarray, distortion differences still exist among different test stripsafter the images are corrected, thereby causing a problem that readingof the color-developing result is affected due to different sizes of thecolor-developing areas.

Based on the condition that each of the test strips has the samedistortion in the corrected images, accurate positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in the images of eachof the test strips are obtained according to the preset positionalrelationship, so that a matching degree between the segmented resultdisplay areas and actual result display areas may be higher when theimages of the test strips are segmented. Therefore, the reading accuracyof the color-developing result is increased; and accuracy of thedetection result is further increased.

It can be seen that, the purpose of simultaneously detecting themultiple target components by utilizing the mobile terminal is achieved.The operating difficulty is low; operating equipment is convenient tocarry; detection can be conducted at any time; and the detection resultsare reliable. Meanwhile, multichannel detection can be conducted; andmultichannel detection results are all reliable.

Optionally, the test results of the target components may be output on amobile terminal of the image acquisition equipment, may also be outputon any mobile terminal that can perform data transmission with the dataprocessing center, and may further be output on a data storage unit ofthe data processing center to store the data for call anytime.

According to an implementation of the present disclosure, a method forsimultaneously detecting multiple targets is further provided. FIG. 3 isa flow chart of simultaneously detecting multiple targets provided bythe embodiments of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 3, themethod for simultaneously detecting the multiple targets includes thefollowing steps:

S301: Containing to-be-detected liquid sample solutions in a pluralityof sample containing cavities. In one possible implementation, theplurality of sample containing cavities may be combined into a cylinder.FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram of assembly of the plurality ofsample containing cavities illustrated in one embodiment. Referring toFIG. 5, the plurality of sample containing cavities 500 are integrallymolded and encircled into a cylinder in the middle of which a hollowcavity 510 is formed; each of the sample containing cavities 500includes an outer wall used for being encircled into an outer edge ofthe cylinder, and an inner wall used for being encircled into the middlecavity. In a preferred embodiment, a bayonet 520 used for clamping thetest strips is formed in each of the outer walls. A width of the bayonet520 is the same as or approximately the same as the width of the teststrips, so that the test strip is just clamped in the bayonet 520,thereby avoiding sway of the test strip.

In one possible implementation, the width of the bottom of each of thesample containing cavities 500 or the whole sample containing cavities500 (the width direction is perpendicular to a radius direction of thecylinder) is the same as or approximately the same as the width of thetest strips.

In the above implementation process, when the test strips are insertedinto the sample containing cavities 500 and limited by the width, thetest strips are just clamped in the sample containing cavities 500.According to a combination of the above arrangement and the bayonet 520on the outer wall, after the test strips are inserted into the samplecontaining cavities 500, two ends of the test strips are fixed, so thatthe test strips difficultly sway; and inclination angles of the teststrips may be further well controlled.

In one possible implementation, the outer wall of each of the samplecontaining cavities 500 may be designed to be higher than the innerwall, i.e., the height of the outer wall of the hollow cavity 510 of thecylinder is smaller than that of the outer wall of the cylinder. Duringuse of the sample containing cavities 500 of the above structure, onlyeach of the sample containing cavities 500 is filled with liquidsamples, and excessive liquid samples will overflow into the hollowcavity 510. Since each of the sample containing cavities 500 has thesame volume, the liquid samples in the sample containing cavities 500have the same volume. If the liquid samples contained in each of thesample containing cavities 500 do not overflow but only have presetheights, since the preset heights are limited by observation of users bynaked eyes during dumping, the liquid samples in each of the samplecontaining cavities 500 difficultly have the same volume, thus thedetection results are inaccurate.

S302: Conducting chromatographic assay on samples in the samplecontaining cavities by using the test strips, wherein the test strips atleast includes a personalized mark area and a result display area. Inone possible implementation, the sample solutions in the plurality ofsample containing cavities have the same volume. Contact time of thetest strips and the liquid samples in the sample containing cavities isthe same. Inclination angles of the test strips inserted into the samplecontaining cavities are the same.

In the above implementation process, detection conditions of each of thetest strips are basically the same during detection. The purpose is asfollows: the detection results of each of the test strips are stableunder almost the same detection condition, thereby avoiding inaccuracyof the detection results caused by different detection conditions.

S303: Arranging the test strips on a detection disc provided with tagblocks after the chromatographic assay, wherein due to the detectiondisc, the test strips can be arranged in the same circular ring area inan equal angle surrounding the center of the detection disc.

In one possible implementation, test strip containing grooves that arerecessed downwards from the upper surface of the detection disc areformed in the detection disc, and are used for containing the teststrips.

In one possible implementation, after the test strips are arranged onthe detection disc, the upper surfaces of the test strips are flush withthe upper surface of the detection disc.

In the above implementation process, when the upper surfaces of the teststrips are flush with the upper surface of the detection disc, shadowproduced by height differences between the test strips and the teststrip containing grooves or caused by blocking of partial edges of thetest strips by side walls of the test strip containing grooves duringimage acquisition can be decreased or avoided, thereby ensuring theaccuracy of image acquisition.

In one possible implementation, isolation blocks used for separating thelower surfaces of the test strips from the bottoms of the test stripcontaining grooves are arranged at the bottoms of the test stripcontaining grooves.

In the above implementation process, the lower surfaces of the teststrips may be separated from the bottoms of the test strip containinggrooves by the isolation blocks, so that the test strip containinggrooves are avoided from being contaminated by the test strips throughwhich the sample solutions are subjected to chromatography. Therefore,the detection disc can be repeatedly used.

In one possible implementation, when the test strips are put into thetest strip containing grooves, the personalized mark area is close tothe center of a circle of the detection disc, and the border of an areacontaining the test strips in the test strip containing grooves ismatched with the shape of the test strips.

In the above implementation process, when the personalized mark area isclose to the center of a circle of the detection disc, the personalizedmark area and the color-developing area can be shot in a narrowershooting range, and the acquired images are clearer. That the border ofthe area containing the test strips in the test strip containing groovesis matched with the shape of the test strips is to avoid forming shadowin the acquired images by the border of the area containing the teststrips in the test strip containing grooves and the gaps among the edgesof the test strips, so as not to further affect accurate reading ofinformation in the personalized mark area.

S304: Performing image acquisition on the detection disc and the teststrips on the detection disc by utilizing the mobile terminal.

S305: Uploading the acquired images to the data processing center forperforming data processing to obtain rapid detection results of thetargets.

S306: Returning the rapid detection results of the targets to the mobileterminal.

Optionally, the assembly of the sample containing cavities used in themethod for simultaneously detecting the multiple targets is illustrativeonly.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a method forsimultaneously detecting the multiple targets is further provided. FIG.4 is a flow chart of simultaneously detecting the multiple targetsprovided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG.4, the method for simultaneously detecting the multiple targets includesthe following steps:

S401: Containing to-be-detected liquid sample solutions in a pluralityof sample containing cavities in the bottoms of which liquid droppingpipelines are formed.

In one possible implementation, the plurality of sample containingcavities in the present embodiment are combined into a cylinder. Thestructure of the sample containing cavities is the same as the assemblyof the plurality of sample containing cavities shown as FIG. 5. However,the differences from the structure shown as FIG. 5 are as follows: nobayonets are arranged on outer walls of the plurality of samplecontaining cavities in the embodiments of the present disclosure, butthe liquid dropping pipelines are arranged at the bottoms; meanwhile,clamping columns 540 matched with the detection disc are furtherarranged. FIG. 6 is an upward view of an assembly structure of theplurality of sample containing cavities illustrated in one embodiment.Referring to FIG. 6, the liquid dropping pipeline 530 is arranged at thebottom of each of the sample containing cavities.

S402: Arranging test strips on a detection disc provided with tagblocks, wherein the test strips are arranged in one circular ring areaof the detection disc in an equal angle surrounding the center of thedetection disc; and each of the test strips at least includes apersonalized mark area, a result display area and a liquid suction area.

In one possible implementation, test strip containing grooves that arerecessed downwards from the upper surface of the detection disc areformed in the detection disc, and are used for containing the teststrips.

In one possible implementation, after the test strips are arranged onthe detection disc, the upper surfaces of the test strips are flush withthe upper surface of the detection disc.

In the above implementation process, when the upper surfaces of the teststrips are flush with the upper surface of the detection disc, shadowproduced by height differences between the test strips and the teststrip containing grooves or caused by blocking of partial edges of thetest strips by side walls of the test strip containing grooves duringimage acquisition can be decreased or avoided, thereby ensuring theaccuracy of image acquisition.

In one possible implementation, isolation blocks used for separating thelower surfaces of the test strips from the bottoms of the test stripcontaining grooves are arranged at the bottoms of the test stripcontaining grooves.

In the above implementation process, the lower surfaces of the teststrips may be separated from the bottoms of the test strip containinggrooves by the isolation blocks, so that the test strip containinggrooves are avoided from being contaminated by the test strips throughwhich the sample solutions are subjected to chromatography. Therefore,the detection disc can be repeatedly used.

In one possible implementation, when the test strips are put into thetest strip containing grooves, the personalized mark area is close tothe center of a circle of the detection disc, and the border of an areacontaining the test strips in the test strip containing grooves ismatched with the shape of the test strips.

In the above implementation process, when the personalized mark area isclose to the center of a circle of the detection disc, the personalizedmark area and the color-developing area can be shot in a narrowershooting range, and the acquired images are clearer. That the border ofthe area containing the test strips in the test strip containing groovesis matched with the shape of the test strips is to avoid from formingshadow in the acquired images by the border of the area containing thetest strips in the test strip containing grooves and the gaps among theedges of the test strips, so as not to further affect accurate readingof information in the personalized mark area.

S403: Correspondingly arranging the liquid dropping pipelines of theplurality of sample containing cavities above the liquid suction area ofeach of the test strips, so as to conduct the chromatographic assay onthe liquid samples in the sample containing cavities by the test strips.

In one possible implementation, sample solution volumes in the pluralityof sample containing cavities are the same; contact time of the teststrips and the liquid samples is the same; and the positions of theliquid dropping pipelines arranged above the liquid suction area of thetest strips are the same.

In the above implementation process, the detection conditions of thevarious test strips are basically the same during detection. The purposeis as follows: the detection result of each of the test strips is stableunder almost the same detection condition, thereby avoiding inaccuracyof the detection results caused by different detection conditions.

S404: Performing image acquisition on the detection disc and the teststrips on the detection disc by utilizing the mobile terminal afterchromatography by the test strips is completed.

S405: Uploading the acquired images to a data processing center forperforming data processing to obtain rapid detection results of thetargets.

S406: Returning the rapid detection results of the targets to the mobileterminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system fordetecting the target components by utilizing the mobile terminal isfurther provided. FIG. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of the systemfor detecting the target components by utilizing the mobile terminalillustrated according to one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7, the systemfor detecting the target components by utilizing the mobile terminalincludes:

a sample solution detection device 710, including test strips and adetection disc, wherein each of the test strips at least includes apersonalized mark area and a result display area; the detection disc isused for limiting the test strips to be arranged in an equal anglesurrounding the same center of a circle to obtain a test striparrangement ring; and location identifiers used for locating the teststrips in the test strip arrangement ring are further arranged on thedetection disc;an image acquisition device 720, arranged on the mobile terminal andconfigured to perform image acquisition on the test strip arrangementring;a data processing device 730 configured to perform data processing onthe acquired images and obtain test results of the target components;anda test result receiving device 740 configured to receive the testresults of the target components and arranged on the mobile terminal.

The system for detecting the target components by utilizing the mobileterminal in the present embodiment is used for conducting the abovemethod for detecting the target components by utilizing the mobileterminal; or the system is used for conducting the method forsimultaneously detecting the multiple targets.

Optionally, the image acquisition device 720 and the test resultreceiving device 740 may be arranged on the mobile terminal.

In one possible implementation, the data processing device may include:

an image correction unit 731, configured to identify the locationidentifiers in the acquired images and correct the acquired imagesaccording to the location identifiers;an image segmentation unit 732, configured to segment images of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips; anda calculation unit 733, configured to calculate color-developing resultsof the result display areas, and compare the color-developing resultswith standard color-developing results in a pre-established standarddatabase matched with identity information in the personalized markareas to acquire the test results of the target components.

In the above implementation process, the correction method of the imagecorrection unit refers to an image correction method in the method fordetecting the target components by utilizing the mobile terminal.Unnecessary details are not given hereby.

In one possible implementation, the data processing device may bearranged on the mobile terminal. In another possible implementation, thedata processing device may be arranged on a remote terminal incommunication connection with the mobile terminal.

Effect Verification:

(1) Sample solutions of the pesticide tebuconazole are selected; thetebuconazole sample solutions of different concentrations are placed insample containing cavities of the same volume; the chromatography isconducted by the test strips under the same detection condition; andcolor-developed test strips are obtained after the chromatography iscompleted;(2) the color-developed test strips in the step (1) are arranged in thetest strip containing grooves of the detection disc according to theoperation specification requirements; images are shot by a mobileterminal (a mobile phone); and the shot images are uploaded to the dataprocessing center to obtain a value T/C-mobile phone;(3) the color-developed test strips in the step (1) are arranged in ahandheld food safety analyzer GT-710 to obtain a value T/C-instrument.

Test results are shown as Table 1:

Test concentra- Test tion-times of Value T/C- Mean Value T/C- Mean stripNo. repetition mobile phone Value instrument Value 1 20 ppb-2 0.7790.714 0.356 0.361 2 20 ppb-1 0.648 0.365 3 10 ppb-2 0.842 0.850 0.5690.589 4 10 ppb-1 0.857 0.609 5  0 ppb-2 1.396 1.257 1.078 1.117 6  0ppb-1 1.117 1.156

The value T/C-mobile phone and the value T/C-instrument are subjected tolinear fitting to obtain R²=0.9969, i.e., trend variation of the twovalues is highly related.

It can be seen from the above test results that, the detection devicefor screening the targets in the present disclosure is shot by themobile terminal (the mobile phone) to obtain the value T/C. The obtainedvalue T/C is higher than the value T/C acquired by the instrument.However, it can be seen from linear fitting results of the two valuesthat, the variation trend of the two values is highly consistent, i.e.,when respectively independent standard curves are selected,determination of the test results of the targets is consistent.

The above descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of the presentdisclosure, rather than limiting the present disclosure. Variousmodifications and changes may be made to those skilled in the art. Allmodifications, equivalent replacements and improvements made in thespirit and principle of the present disclosure shall be included in theprotection scope of the present disclosure.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

According to the method for detecting the target components by utilizingthe mobile terminal provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, by utilizing the manner of arranging the test strips in thecircumferential array, the location identifiers are identified in theimage identification process; and the needed test strip areas aresegmented to obtain the chroma values, so that the chroma values arecompared with the chroma values in the corresponding standard databaseto obtain the test results. Such a manner omits the process of directlyidentifying the color-developing area and decreases a disadvantage thatan identification error in the width direction of the test strips isgreater due to inaccurate edge identification. Meanwhile, multichanneldetection can be realized in the processing procedures, and reliabledetection results can be output during detection of the test strips ineach channel. In addition, such a manner is not affected by factors suchas types of the mobile terminals and inclination of the shooting angles,and has the characteristics that requirements on professional degrees ofoperators are low and the targets can be qualitatively or quantitativelydetected under conventional ambient light conditions anytime anywhere.

The method for simultaneously detecting the multiple targets provided bythe embodiments of the present disclosure only needs operations ofconducting the chromatographic assay by the test strips, arranging thetest strips, shooting the images by the mobile terminal and uploadingthe images to the system, can obtain the test results, is simple inprocess, low in operating difficulty and easy to popularize, realizesaccurate measurement during detection of the target components in thesample solutions, and can detect the test strips in multiple channels byutilizing the mobile terminal.

According to the system for detecting the target components by utilizingthe mobile terminal provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the target components can be detected by using the samplesolution detection device and the mobile terminal and the dataprocessing device (may be cloud or mobile terminal) mounted with theimage acquisition device and the test result receiving device only. Thedevice is simple, small in size, easy to carry, simple in operation,convenient for market promotion and reliable in test results and can beused at home.

1. A method for detecting target components by utilizing a mobileterminal, characterized by comprising: detecting to-be-detected samplesolutions by test strips to obtain color-developed test strips, whereinthe test strips at least comprises a personalized mark area and a resultdisplay area; arranging the test strips in an equal angle surroundingthe same center of a circle to obtain a test strip arrangement ring; andarranging location identifiers in a detection disc area outside the teststrips on the test strip arrangement ring; performing image acquisitionon the test strip arrangement ring by the mobile terminal; and uploadingacquired images to a data processing center; identifying the locationidentifiers in the acquired images; correcting the acquired imagesaccording to the location identifiers; determining positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips in the corrected images according to a preset positionalrelationship between the location identifiers and the test strips; andsegmenting images according to the determined positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips to obtain the images of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips; calculating color-developingresults of the result display areas; comparing the color-developingresults with standard color-developing results in a pre-establishedstandard database matched with identity information in the personalizedmark areas; and acquiring test results of the target components; andoutputting the test results of the target components; and displaying thetest results on the mobile terminal.
 2. The method according to claim 1,characterized in that correcting the acquired images according to thelocation identifiers comprises: correcting shooting angles; andcorrecting position deviation; preferably, the step of correcting theacquired images according to the location identifiers comprises:identifying positions and/or shapes of the location identifiers; andcorrecting shooting angles of the acquired images and/or correctingposition deviation of the acquired images according to the positionsand/or shapes of the location identifiers.
 3. The method according toclaim 1, characterized in that the location identifiers have presetshapes and are arranged at preset positions; preferably, the shapes ofthe location identifiers are shapes that have obvious vertexes andstraight sides.
 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized inthat the test strip arrangement ring is obtained by limiting the teststrips on a detection disc; the location identifiers are tag blocksarranged on the detection disc, and/or the location identifiers are theedges of the detection disc; preferably, the tag blocks are distinctiontag blocks and contrast tag blocks arranged on the detection disc. 5.The method according to claim 1, characterized in that segmenting theimages of the personalized mark area and the result display area in eachof the test strips comprises: identifying the tag blocks in the acquiredimages; correcting the acquired images according to the tag blocks;determining positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips in the corrected imagesaccording to a preset positional relationship between the tag blocks andthe test strips; and segmenting the images according to the determinedpositions of the personalized mark area and the result display area ineach of the test strips to obtain segmented images of the personalizedmark area and the result display area in each of the test strips;optionally, segmenting the images of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips comprises: identifyingedges of detection discs in the acquired images; correcting the acquiredimages according to the edges of detection discs; determining positionsof the personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips in the corrected images according to a preset positionalrelationship between the edges of the detection discs and the teststrips; and segmenting the images according to the determined positionsof the personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips to obtain segmented images of the personalized mark area andthe result display area in each of the test strips; optionally,segmenting the images of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips comprises: identifying the tagblocks and the edges of the detection discs in the acquired images;correcting the acquired images according to the tag blocks and the edgesof detection discs; determining positions of the personalized mark areaand the result display area in each of the test strips in the correctedimages according to common information of the tag blocks and the edgesof detection discs and a preset positional relationship between thecommon information and the test strips; and segmenting the imagesaccording to the determined positions of the personalized mark area andthe result display area in each of the test strips to obtain segmentedimages of the personalized mark area and the result display area in eachof the test strips.
 6. The method according to claim 1, characterized inthat the result display area in each test strip comprises a T line and aC line; the color-developing result is a ratio of an image chroma valueof the T line to an image chroma value of the C line; or thecolor-developing result is an image chroma value of the T line; and thechroma value comprises an RGB value, a gray value or a photometricvalue.
 7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in thatcalculating the color-developing result as the ratio of the image chromavalue of the T line to the image chroma value of the C line comprises:taking a ratio of the image chroma value of the T line relative to abackground color to the image chroma value of the C line relative to thebackground color as the color-developing result; preferably, a selectionarea of the background color is located nearby the T line or the C linein the result display area; and preferably, the selection area of thebackground color is located between the T line and the C line.
 8. Themethod according to claim 1, characterized in that detecting the targetcomponents by the test strips comprises: respectively arranging the teststrips in a plurality of sample containing cavities for containing thetarget components, wherein sample solution volumes in the plurality ofsample containing cavities are the same; and the test strips arranged inthe sample containing cavities have the same angle of inclination andthe same arrangement time.
 9. The method according to claim 4,characterized in that the method further comprises: calibrating ordersof the test strips in the test strip arrangement ring by the tag blocks;preferably, the test strips in the test strip arrangement ring aresorted in sequence clockwise or anticlockwise by taking one tag blockthat can be distinguished from the rest tag blocks as a starting pointof the order.
 10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in thatpixels of image acquisition equipment of the mobile terminal are atleast 8 million.
 11. A method for simultaneously detecting multipletargets, characterized by comprising: i) containing to-be-detectedliquid sample solutions in a plurality of sample containing cavities;conducting the chromatographic assay on the samples in the samplecontaining cavities by test strips, wherein each of the test strips atleast comprises a personalized mark area and a result display area;arranging the test strips on a detection disc provided with locationidentifiers after the chromatographic assay, wherein due to thedetection disc, the test strips can be arranged in the same circularring area in an equal angle surrounding the center of the detectiondisc; performing image acquisition on the detection disc by utilizingthe mobile terminal; or ii) containing to-be-detected liquid samplesolutions in a plurality of sample containing cavities in the bottoms ofwhich liquid dropping pipelines are formed; arranging test strips on adetection disc provided with location identifiers, wherein the teststrips are arranged in one circular ring area of the detection disc inan equal angle surrounding the center of the detection disc; and each ofthe test strips at least comprises a personalized mark area, a resultdisplay area and a liquid suction area; correspondingly arranging theliquid dropping pipelines of the plurality of sample containing cavitiesabove the liquid suction area of each of the test strips, so as toconduct the chromatographic assay on liquid samples in the samplecontaining cavities by the test strips; performing image acquisition onthe detection disc and the test strips on the detection disc byutilizing the mobile terminal after chromatography of the test strips iscompleted; and the method further comprises: uploading the acquiredimages to a data processing center for performing data processing;identifying the location identifiers in the acquired images; correctingthe acquired images according to the location identifiers; determiningpositions of the personalized mark area and the result display area ineach of the test strips in the corrected images according to a presetpositional relationship between the location identifiers and the teststrips; segmenting images according to the determined positions of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips to obtain segmented images of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips; and acquiring detectionresults of the targets; and returning the detection results of thetargets to the mobile terminal, optionally wherein after the test stripsare arranged on the detection disc, the upper surface of the test stripsis flush with the upper surface of the detection disc, and preferably,the upper surface of the result display area is flush with the uppersurface of the detection disc.
 12. (canceled)
 13. The method accordingto claim 11, characterized in that the location identifiers arranged onthe upper surface of the detection disc are tag blocks, used forlocating and tagging the test strips in the image acquisition andprocessing procedures; preferably, the tag blocks comprise distinctiontag blocks and contrast tag blocks; and the distinction tag blocks areused for being distinguished from the contrast tag blocks; preferably,the total number of the distinction tag blocks and contrast tag blocksis not less than three; preferably, shapes of the tag blocks at leastcomprise vertexes and straight sides; preferably, the tag blockscomprise one blue square color block and three green square colorblocks, or the tag blocks comprise one green square color block andthree blue square color blocks.
 14. The method according to claim 11,characterized in that the upper surface of the detection disc is aregular polygon; preferably, the upper surface of the detection disc isa neutral color surface; preferably, the upper surface of the detectiondisc is a diffuse reflection surface.
 15. The method according to claim11, characterized in that when the chromatographic assay is conducted onthe samples in the sample containing cavities by the test strips, thesample solutions in the plurality of sample containing cavities have thesame quantity; and contact time of the test strips and the liquidsamples in the sample containing cavities is the same; optionally, whenthe test strips are inserted into the sample containing cavities, theinclination angle of the test strips inserted into the sample containingcavities is the same; optionally, when the test strips are located atthe bottoms of the sample containing cavities, the positions of theliquid dropping pipelines arranged above the liquid suction area of thetest strips are the same.
 16. The method according claim 1,characterized in that after the test strips are arranged on thedetection disc, the upper surface of the test strips is flush with theupper surface of the detection disc; preferably, the upper surface ofthe result display area is flush with the upper surface of the detectiondisc.
 17. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that pixelsof image acquisition equipment of the mobile terminal are at least 8million.
 18. The method according to claim 11, characterized in thattest strip containing grooves that are recessed downwards from the uppersurface of the detection disc are formed in the detection disc, and areused for containing the test strips; preferably, isolation blocks usedfor separating the lower surfaces of the test strips from the bottoms ofthe test strip containing grooves are arranged at the bottoms of thetest strip containing grooves; preferably, when the test strips are putinto the test strip containing grooves, the personalized mark area isclose to the center of circle of the detection disc, and the border ofan area containing the test strips in the test strip containing groovesis matched with the shape of the test strips.
 19. A system for detectingtarget components by utilizing a mobile terminal, characterized bycomprising: a sample solution detection device, comprising test stripsand a detection disc, wherein each of the test strips at least comprisesa personalized mark area and a result display area; the detection discis used for defining the test strips to be arranged in an equal anglesurrounding the same center of circle to obtain a test strip arrangementring; and location identifiers used for locating the test strips in thetest strip arrangement ring after image acquisition are arranged on thedetection disc; an image acquisition device, arranged on the mobileterminal, and configured to perform image acquisition on the test striparrangement ring; a data processing device, configured to perform dataprocessing on the acquired images, identify the location identifiers inthe acquired images, correct the acquired images according to thelocation identifiers, determine positions of the personalized mark areaand the result display area in each of the test strips in the correctedimages according to a preset positional relationship between thelocation identifiers and the test strips, segment images according tothe determined positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips to obtain the segmented imagesof the personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips, and obtain test results of the target components; and atest result receiving device, configured to receive the test results ofthe target components and arranged on the mobile terminal.
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Thesystem according to claim 19, characterized in that the system is usedfor conducting: i) a method for detecting target components by utilizinga mobile terminal, characterized by comprising: detecting to-be-detectedsample solutions by test strips to obtain color-developed test strips,wherein the test strips at least comprises a personalized mark area anda result display area; arranging the test strips in an equal anglesurrounding the same center of a circle to obtain a test striparrangement ring; and arranging location identifiers in a detection discarea outside the test strips on the test strip arrangement ring;performing image acquisition on the test strip arrangement ring by themobile terminal; and uploading acquired images to a data processingcenter; identifying the location identifiers in the acquired images;correcting the acquired images according to the location identifiers;determining positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips in the corrected imagesaccording to a preset positional relationship between the locationidentifiers and the test strips; and segmenting images according to thedetermined positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips to obtain the images of thepersonalized mark area and the result display area in each of the teststrips; calculating color-developing results of the result displayareas; comparing the color-developing results with standardcolor-developing results in a pre-established standard database matchedwith identity information in the personalized mark areas; and acquiringtest results of the target components; and outputting the test resultsof the target components; and displaying the test results on the mobileterminal; ii) a method for simultaneously detecting multiple targets,characterized by comprising: containing to-be-detected liquid samplesolutions in a plurality of sample containing cavities; conducting thechromatographic assay on the samples in the sample containing cavitiesby test strips, wherein each of the test strips at least comprises apersonalized mark area and a result display area; arranging the teststrips on a detection disc provided with location identifiers after thechromatographic assay, wherein due to the detection disc, the teststrips can be arranged in the same circular ring area in an equal anglesurrounding the center of the detection disc; performing imageacquisition on the detection disc by utilizing the mobile terminal;uploading the acquired images to a data processing center for performingdata processing; identifying the location identifiers in the acquiredimages; correcting the acquired images according to the locationidentifiers; determining positions of the personalized mark area and theresult display area in each of the test strips in the corrected imagesaccording to a preset positional relationship between the locationidentifiers and the test strips; segmenting images according to thedetermined positions of the personalized mark area and the resultdisplay area in each of the test strips to obtain segmented images ofthe personalized mark area and the result display area in each of thetest strips; and acquiring detection results of the targets; andreturning the detection results of the targets to the mobile terminal;or iii) a method for simultaneously detecting multiple targets,characterized by comprising: containing to-be-detected liquid samplesolutions in a plurality of sample containing cavities in the bottoms ofwhich liquid dropping pipelines are formed; arranging test strips on adetection disc provided with location identifiers, wherein the teststrips are arranged in one circular ring area of the detection disc inan equal angle surrounding the center of the detection disc; and each ofthe test strips at least comprises a personalized mark area, a resultdisplay area and a liquid suction area; correspondingly arranging theliquid dropping pipelines of the plurality of sample containing cavitiesabove the liquid suction area of each of the test strips, so as toconduct the chromatographic assay on liquid samples in the samplecontaining cavities by the test strips; performing image acquisition onthe detection disc and the test strips on the detection disc byutilizing the mobile terminal after chromatography of the test strips iscompleted; uploading the acquired images to a data processing center forperforming data processing; identifying the location identifiers in theacquired images; correcting the acquired images according to thelocation identifiers; determining positions of the personalized markarea and the result display area in each of the test strips in thecorrected images according to a preset positional relationship betweenthe location identifiers and the test strips; segmenting imagesaccording to the determined positions of the personalized mark area andthe result display area in each of the test strips to obtain segmentedimages of the personalized mark area and the result display area in eachof the test strips; and acquiring detection results of the targets; andreturning the detection results of the targets to the mobile terminal.21. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that: i) the dataprocessing device comprises: an image correction unit, configured toidentify the location identifiers in the acquired images and correct theacquired images according to the location identifiers; an imagesegmentation unit, configured to segment images of the personalized markarea and the result display area in each of the test strips; and acalculation unit, configured to calculate color-developing results ofthe result display areas, and compare the color-developing results withstandard color-developing results in a pre-established standard databasematched with identity information in the personalized mark areas toacquire the test results of the target components; and/or ii) the dataprocessing device is arranged on the mobile terminal; or the dataprocessing device is arranged on a remote terminal in communicationconnection with the mobile terminal.
 22. (canceled)